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Sikorsky VS-44 Flying Boat by Harry E. Pember (1998, Trade Paperback)
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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPaladin Press
ISBN-101891268023
ISBN-139781891268021
eBay Product ID (ePID)1063747
Product Key Features
Book TitleSikorsky Vs-44 Flying Boat
Number of Pages72 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary Science
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering
AuthorHarry E. Pember
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length12 in
Item Width9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisThe VS 44 was and is an under-appreciated plane.In the late 30's, it lost out to the far inferior Consolidated Coranado for the Navy contract for a patrol bomber, mainly because Consolidated had more military experience. When the Navy realized it needed flying boat transports, they again chose the Coranado, even though Sikorsky had more long range transport experience. Pan Am passed it over for the larger, but shorter ranged, Boeing B314. It was ressurected by American Overseas Airline buying 3 in 1941. During 1941-1942, it was the only plane that could fly the Atlantic,loaded, nonstop in both directions. This book presents info on both the planes' history and the very fine restoration in the Bradley museum near Hartford CT. There is a table in the appendix that that lists the remarkable long range flights in the early 40's and another that comepares its load/range characteristics favorably to the B314. I wish the author had expanded on these tables, writing about the wind and load conditons for these long range flights, and whether the B314's larger volume compensated commercially for its weight/range limitations. Overall, this is a very fine book on an under utilized very fine Flying Boat. illustrated throughout
